Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

A major breakthrough in space science has revealed the age of the Moon’s biggest and oldest crater—the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin. Thanks to China’s Chang’e-6 mission, scientists now believe this ...

Astronomers have recently made a major discovery in our Solar System. They have identified 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

Once its rings vanish from sight in March 2025, Saturn will look like a pale yellow sphere through most telescopes.

China’s Chang’e 6 mission uncovers evidence of a molten lunar magma ocean and a violent ancient impact.

There may be a clear winner in the race between Jupiter and Saturn for the most moons in the Solar System. Saturn officially ...

The Blue Ghost spacecraft, named for a species of firefly, took eclipse chasing to new heights. Not only did it see the Earth ...

Helium-3 (He-3) on the moon's surface has drawn attention for decades. In 1939, a paper first noted the presence of Helium-3 ...

New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that sample analysis backs up an established model of the moon as a global ...